Today the Portland Development Commission (PDC) brought their Economic Development Strategy to City Council for approval. That simple sentence does not reflect how important an accomplishment this was. This is the first economic development strategy the City has had for the past 15 years. This is the first time I have seen Council really walk… Continue reading You make me so proud!
Tag: open source
Wonk meets Geeks
This week, as part of his “100 businesses in 100 days” effort, Mayor Sam Adams wandered into the Wonderful World of Geeks when he met with Portland’s open source tech community to discuss his economic development strategy. A diverse group of folks, including: Rick Turoczy, Raven Zachary, Audrey Eschright, Scott Kveton, J-P Voillique, David Kominsky,… Continue reading Wonk meets Geeks
Moving right along, in search of good times and good news…
I know I got a lot of folks excited about my last blog post, and I suspect a bunch of those readers are wondering what comes next. Well, I am pleased to say that serious progress has been made. In the past week: I actually verified (minor detail) with our insurance agent that we could… Continue reading Moving right along, in search of good times and good news…
The World we live in 